Sunday, February 6, 2011

I am at the start of something new as you see in the above image. This beginning stage is a very elementary sketch. Parts are even like stick figures. This is just to work out my composition, and then I apply a very thin wash of oil paint over the background and foreground. This may be my very favorite part of painting—the beginning design issues.

Ah yes, I know I still need to finish the "Aggie Lab"—a joke is in there somewhere.

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Texas Sauce Art Life ... ramblings about art and life.Published since January 2005. Unless quoting another source, all images and content are copyright Vernita Bridges Hoyt. All Rights Reserved. If you quote parts of this blog, please provide a back link to http://txsauce.blogspot.com/

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About Me

Since January 2006 I have been helping homeless pets by donating funds from the sale of my pet portraits to animal rescue organizations.

Artist's Statement:

My journey as an artist has followed a crooked path through real estate brokerage, business management, and the study and practice of Architecture. In 2005-2006 I came full circle back to studio art and daily painting. A fifth-generation native Texan, I am deeply entwined in the land and lore; thus today "I paint the sauce of Texas" (animals, flowers, people, places). I design. I draw. I paint.